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‘more draconian sanctions’ as Beijing’s security law approached, court hears</a></h2> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Asked by handpicked judge, Alex Lee, whether he was worried about possibly contravening the security law, Jimmy Lai said: “If I had any worries, I did not think about them… “I [would] persist, stay in Hong Kong and face it.” </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/">Hans Tse</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-29T19:06:52">19:06, 29 November 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-29T19:27:31+08:00">19:27, 29 November 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group has-background" style="background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(215,238,254) 0%,rgb(249,246,217) 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security case</a></h2> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Gwyneth Ho, a former Stand News journalist, received the fourth-longest jail term among 45 democrats sentenced in the city’s largest national security case last week. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hillaryleung/">Hillary Leung</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-29T18:43:48">18:43, 29 November 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-29T18:44:00+08:00">18:44, 29 November 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-3 is-uncropped has-text-align-left has-text-color has-primary-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="49"> <article data-post-id="498424" class="tag-adrian-cheng tag-afp 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href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/afp/">AFP</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-30T08:27:06">16 hours ago</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-30T08:27:16+08:00">08:27, 30 November 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-3 is-uncropped has-text-align-left has-text-color has-primary-color" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="49"> <article data-post-id="498312" class="tag-chau-sze-kit-2 tag-dennis-leung tag-hong-kong-construction-industry-employees-general-union tag-hong-kong-federation-of-trade-unions tag-labour category-business category-hong-kong category-law-crime type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/29/hong-kong-construction-workers-and-subcontractors-owed-hk300-million-in-2024-union-says/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Hong Kong construction workers and subcontractors owed HK$300 million in 2024, union says" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/construction-site.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/construction-site.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/construction-site-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/construction-site-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/construction-site-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/construction-site-400x225.jpg 400w, 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global pledges, finance firms in Hong Kong shut their eyes to exploited domestic workers</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Institutions “that publicly claim to prioritise ethical investing are unwilling to hold companies accountable for trafficking-related crimes tied to their own employees,” writes Robert Godden. “The fact that the employees enter into this transaction unwittingly is immaterial.” </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/guest-contributor/">Guest Contributor</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="497666" class="tag-chris-tang tag-civil-service tag-civil-service-code tag-national-security category-law-crime category-comments-analysis category-politics-protest type-of-work-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a 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data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Opinion-Tim-Hamlett-Civil-service-guidelines.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Opinion-Tim-Hamlett-Civil-service-guidelines-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Opinion-Tim-Hamlett-Civil-service-guidelines-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Opinion-Tim-Hamlett-Civil-service-guidelines-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Opinion-Tim-Hamlett-Civil-service-guidelines-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Opinion-Tim-Hamlett-Civil-service-guidelines-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Opinion-Tim-Hamlett-Civil-service-guidelines-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/23/national-security-guidelines-for-hong-kong-civil-servants-could-this-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing/" rel="bookmark">National security guidelines for Hong Kong civil servants: Could this be too much of a good thing?</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> “Most civil service jobs have little or no connection to national security, however broadly defined,” writes Tim Hamlett. “They have taken the oath [of allegiance to the government] and read the code [of conduct]. 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